As "Crown" airs on Netflix, there is increasing disapproval of the cast's portrayal of the royal family on screen. In addition to the Palace's anger, people who worked for many years with family figures are also lashing out.
One of them is Princess Diana's personal butler.
Paul Barrell was in the service of the princess for 10 years and as he said in an interview, he finds no resemblance between the actress, Elizabeth Debicki and Diana.
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Barrell said "disappointed" with the Nteflix series. To him, almost all of the episodes were inaccurate, noting that the "people's princess" had nothing to do with the character the show wants to portray.
More specifically, Barrell was a guest on GBNews, where he said that having been in Queen Elizabeth's service for 11 years and close to Diana for 10 years, he struggled to find anything true in the show.
"It changes people's perception of the royal family and the princess in particular," he said of the new season. He then did not hesitate to question facts that were aired in the series.
For a scene where the princess voted in a phone poll about the demise of the monarchy, he said: "That didn't happen. Why would a woman who loved being part of the royal family and was proud that her sons were also part of the royal family and that William was going to be king want to abolish that institution? It doesn't make sense. That was not true. That's not who Diana really was."
Furthermore, he expressed his complaint that the production did not focus on the princess's charitable work, such as campaigns for AIDS or homeless people. They preferred to portray her as "an isolated, lonely woman who constantly complains about her life," according to what was shared on the show.
The scene that pissed him off
In the scene where Diana had been in the hospital to support her friend and instead of supposedly sympathizing with her, he supposedly talked to her incessantly about Diana had been in the hospital to support her friend[/B] about how nice the doctor was. This is the scene that infuriated Barrell.
As for Queen Elizabeth, he commented: "I spent 11 years at the side of the Queen, who was warm, loving, kind, interested in her family's issues. And she was interested in all the servants."
Finally, regarding the relationship between the two women he said: "at no time was Diana afraid of her mother-in-law."
In this regard, Barrell revealed that in a letter, the princess had confided to him that:"I understand what is going on in the queen's head and I wanted to give my mum a hug. I want to be here for her, I want to support her."
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